Summary:
Zip code 90701 in Artesia has three elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 6: Niemes (John H.) Elementary, Burbank (Luther) Elementary, and Kennedy (John F.) Elementary. They enroll 1,450 students altogether. In 2025–2026, their simple average was 51% proficient in ELA and 42% in math, above state results of 49% and 38%; in science, the schools averaged 34%, below the state’s 36%. The clearest overall finding is that Kennedy was the only school above the state in all three subjects.
Kennedy led the group, with 58% proficient in ELA, 51% in math, and 42% in science—9, 13, and 6 percentage points above the state, respectively. The other schools had more mixed results: Burbank had the lowest math result at 32%, while Niemes had the lowest ELA result at 46% and science result at 25%. The gap between the highest and lowest school was widest in math, at 19 points, followed by science at 18 and ELA at 12. SchoolDigger gives Kennedy four stars and ranks it at the 73rd statewide percentile, compared with 56th for Niemes and 52nd for Burbank.
Compared with 2024–2025, the three-school averages fell in all three subjects while state results rose: the ELA average declined 3 points, math 2, and science 1; state science rose 3 points. SchoolDigger’s three-year rankings also diverged: Kennedy rose 3 percentile points overall, while Burbank fell 15 and Niemes fell 2. For additional context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 67.1% at Kennedy and 66.8% at Burbank, with enrollments of 398 and 421; Kennedy’s student-teacher ratio was lower, at 22.1 compared with 25.5 at Burbank. Kennedy also had the lowest 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate, 7.8%, versus 13.6% at Burbank and 9.5% at Niemes. These comparisons describe reported measures but do not show what accounts for differences in results.
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